Isamu Noguchi, born in Los Angeles to a Japanese father and American mother, created work that philosophically and materially bridged the Japanese and American cultures and also broadened the notion of American sculpture. With his large abstract pieces he combined mediums such as stone, wood, and marble, included the use of water and light, and had opposing textures of rough and smooth. He also introduced themes of tension and gravity and through this and positioning, explored relati (showing 500 of 4750 characters).

Isamu Noguchi is also mentioned in these AskART essays:Abstract ExpressionismModernismSculptors

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